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Dec. 5, 1944. L. F. scHRoEDER DRAWER Filed May 1l, 1944 2 Sheets-Sheet l Dec. 5, 1944. F. scHRol-:DER

DRAWER Filed May ll 1944 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 6' csfer Patented Dee. 5, 1944 DRAWER Lester F. Schroeder, Grand Rapids, Mich., assignor to Metal Oice Furniture Company, Grand Rapids, Mich., a corporation of Michigan Application May 11, 1944, Serial No. 535,145

4 Claims.

The present invention relates to drawers and more particularly to a drawer for a cabinet or the like.

The primary objects of the instant invention are to provide a drawer of the general character above indicated whereby any of a plurality of sheets encased therein and lying one upon the other may be readily, conveniently and selectively withdrawn therefrom; to provide such a drawer whereb-y a plurality of sheets therein are protected in dat position while encased; and, to provide such a drawer which is eicient in use and which is reasonably economical in manufacture.

An illustrative embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure l is a longitudinal sectional viewof the drawer showing the same completely filled with a plurality of sheets of blue prints, tracings or the like lying one upon another;

Figure 2 is a similar view but showing the drawer encasing a lesser number of such sheets;

Figure 3 is a view on a smaller scale, showing the manner in which the forward ends of a plurality of sheets encased within the drawer are lifted, making it convenient for the user to selectively withdraw a given sheet or sheets; and

Figure 4 is a fragmentary top plan view of the drawer.

Referring then to the drawings wherein like parts of the structure shown are designated by the same numerals in the several views, the drawer of a cabinet or the like, generally designated I0, is provided with a pull I I and a stop I2, the outward movement of the drawer being indicated by the arrows as shown in Figures 1-3.

A plurality of sheets of blue prints, tracings or the like I3 encased within the drawer are firmly held in flat position therein by means of the head I4 of an arm I5, said arm being pivotally mounted at one end adjacent the inner surface of the outer end of the drawer II), all as shown in Figures 1 and`2, wherein Figure 1 shows a full drawer of such sheets whereas Figure 2 shows the drawer encasing a lesser number of sheets.

The bottom I6 of the drawer Ill supports a spaced elevated unsecured floor I'I forwardly thereof and a link I8 pivotally secured to said oor near its under forward end is pivotally se.-

cured at its other end to a link I9 whose opposite end is pivotally secured to the underside of the arm I 5, thelink I 9 having a lug 20 adapted to engage the link I8- when it is in its positions shown in either Figure 1 or 3.

Operation Sheets of blue prints, tracings or the like I3 encased within the drawer I0, whether the drawer is full as shown in Figure 1 or has fewer sheets as shown in Figure 2, are maintained in flat position one above the other by the head I4 of th arm I5.

Upon withdrawal of the drawer, `manual lifting of the head I4 of the arm I5 from its position shown in eitherFigure l or 2 to its position shown in Figure 3, tilts the forward end of the floor Il upwardly, lifting the sheets I3 and making it readily and conveniently possible for the user to selectively withdraw a given sheet or sheets encased within the drawer.

While but one specific embodiment of the invention has been herein shown and described, it will be understood that certain details of the construction shown may be altered or omitted without departing from the spirit of the invention as the same is dened in the following claims.

Iclaim:

l. In a drawer of the class described, a floor supported by the bottom of the drawer, an arm pivotally secured to the drawer, and a link pivotally secured at one end to the floor whose other end is pivotally secured to one end of a link whose opposite end is pivotally secured to the arm.

2. In a drawer of the class described, a movable floor supported by the bottom of the drawer,

an arm pivotally secured at one end to the for- Ward end of the drawer, and a link pivotally secured to the floor whose other end is pivotally secured to one end of a link whose opposite end is pivotally secured to the arm.

3. In a drawer of the class described, a movable lloor supported by the bottom of the drawer, an 'arm pivotally secured at one end to the forward end of the drawer, and a link pivotally secured to the floor adjacent its forward end whose other end is pivotally secured to one end of a link whose opposite end is pivotally secured adjacent the forward end of the arm.

. 4. In a drawer for a cabinet or the like, a' floor supported by the bottom of the drawer upwardly tiltable within the drawer, an arm pivotally secured at one end to the forward end of the drawer, and a link pivotally secured at one end to the :door adjacent its forward end whose other end is pivotally secured to one end of a link whose opposite end is pivotally secured adjacent the forward end of the arm whereby the forward swinging movement 0f the arm tilts the forward end of the licor upwardly.

LESTER F. SCHROEDER. 

